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  • Page 1 PCI Wireless Network Adapter User’s Manual Rev 1.0...

  • Page 2: Regulatory Compliance

    PCI Wireless Network Adapter User’s Manual Regulatory compliance FCC Warning This equipment has been tested and found to comply with the limits for a Class B digital device, pursuant to part 15 of the FCC Rules. These limits are designed to provide reasonable protection against harmful interference in a residential installation.

  • Page 3: About This Manual

    PCI Wireless Network Adapter User’s Manual About this manual This User’s Manual describes how to install and operate your PCI Wireless Network adapter. Please read this manual before you install the product. This manual includes the following topics: ??Product description and features. ??Software installation procedure.

  • Page 4: Table Of Contents

    PCI Wireless Network Adapter User’s Manual Table of Contents Regulatory compliance About this manual Chapter 1- Introduction Features What is Wireless LAN? Wireless LAN Modes Notes on Wireless LAN Configuration Chapter 2 - Hardware Installation Package Contents System Requirements for the Adapter Install the PCI Adapter LEDs Indicators Connecting External Antenna to the Adapter...

  • Page 5: Chapter 1- Introduction

    PCI Wireless Network Adapter User’s Manual Chapter 1 - Introduction Thank you for purchasing the PCI Wireless Network Adapter. This high-speed PCI Wireless Network Adapter provides you with an innovative wireless ne tworking solution. The Adapter is easy to set up and use. With this innovative wireless technology, you can share files and printers on the network—without inconvenient wires! The Adapter is a network Adapter with a rate of 1, 2, 5.5, and 11 Mbps operating...

  • Page 6: What Is Wireless Lan

    PCI Wireless Network Adapter User’s Manual What is Wireless LAN? Wireless Local Area Network (WLAN) systems offer a great number of advantages over traditional wired systems. WLAN is flexible and easy to setup and manage. They are also more economical than wired LAN systems. Using radio frequency (RF) technology, WLAN transmit and receive data through the air.

  • Page 7: Notes On Wireless Lan Configuration

    PCI Wireless Network Adapter User’s Manual bandwidth utilization. Additionally, the access point enables users on a wireless LAN to access an existing wired network, allowing wireless users to take advantage of the wired networks resources, such as Internet, email, file transfer, and printer sharing.

  • Page 8: Chapter 2 - Hardware Installation

    PCI Wireless Network Adapter User’s Manual Chapter 2 - Hardware Installation This chapter covers connecting your PCI Wireless Network Adapter to PCI slot of desktop PC. Package Contents Please make sure that items below are included on package. ??One PCI Wireless Network Adapter ??One Driver / Utility CD-ROM (this use’s manual included) ??One Quick Installation Guide ??Antenna...

  • Page 9: Leds Indicators

    PCI Wireless Network Adapter User’s Manual 1. Turn off the computer‚ unplug the power cord and remove the computer’s cover. 2. Pick a free PCI expansion slot and remover the protective bracket. 3. Insert the Adapter into the slot until it is fully seated. 4.

  • Page 10: Connecting External Antenna To The Adapter

    PCI Wireless Network Adapter User’s Manual Connecting External Antenna to the Adapter After installing the Adapter on computer, connect external Antenna to the Adapter from the SMA connector. Hold the antenna in the desired orientation and then turn the lock nut clockwise until snug (do not over tighten the nut).

  • Page 11: Chapter 3 - Driver Installation For Windows

    PCI Wireless Network Adapter User’s Manual Chapter 3 – Driver Installation for Windows The following sections cover PCI Wireless Network Adapter driver installation in the Windows 2000/ME/98//NT operating sys tems. Note: You have to install your hardware first before you begin to install the drivers. Driver installation for Windows 95/98 Follow the steps below to install the PCI Wireless Network Adapter drivers for Windows 95/98.
  • Page 12 PCI Wireless Network Adapter User’s Manual 3. A screen appears prompting you to select an installation method. Select Search for the best driver for your device. (Recommended) and click Next to continue. 4. Ensure that the CD-ROM drive is selected. Insert the driver CD-ROM into your CD-ROM drive and click Next to continue.
  • Page 13 PCI Wireless Network Adapter User’s Manual 5. The following screen a ppears showing the driver search result. Click Next to continue the installation. 6. Windows 98 copies files to your hard disk. The following screen will appear to inform you when the software installation has finished. Click Finish to finish the installation.

  • Page 14: Driver Installation For Windows 2000

    PCI Wireless Network Adapter User’s Manual 7. The following screen will ask you to restart your computer to finish the hardware setting up. Click Yes to restart your computer to make the hardware setting available. P.S. : In most cases, Windows will automatically copy all of the files needed for networking.
  • Page 15 PCI Wireless Network Adapter User’s Manual 3. A screen appears prompting you to select an installation method. Select Search for a suitable driver for my device (recommended) and click Next to continue. 4. Ensure that the CD-ROM driver is selected and insert the driver CD-ROM into your CD-ROM drive and click Next to continue.
  • Page 16 PCI Wireless Network Adapter User’s Manual 5. The following screen a ppears showing the driver search result. Click Next to continue the installation. 6. The following screen appears. Click Yes to continue...

  • Page 17: Driver Installation For Windows Me

    PCI Wireless Network Adapter User’s Manual 7. The Windows has finished installing software for the device. Click Finish to finish the installation. Driver installation for Windows ME Follow the steps below to install the PCI Wireless Network Adapter drivers for Windows ME.
  • Page 18 PCI Wireless Network Adapter User’s Manual 3. The system will find the setup files and follow the instruction to copy files to your hard disk. The following screen will appear when the software installation has finished. Click Finish to finish the installation.

  • Page 19: Driver Installation For Windows Nt4.0

    PCI Wireless Network Adapter User’s Manual 4. The following screen will ask you to restart your computer to finish the hardware setting up. Click Yes to restart your computer to make the hardware setting up available. P.S. : In most cases, Windows will automatically copy all of the files needed for networking.
  • Page 20 PCI Wireless Network Adapter User’s Manual 4. The following screen appears. Then click Have Disk to continue. 5. The following screen appears. Type K:\ WinNT40 where K is your CD-ROM drive letter. Insert the driver disk, and click OK to continue.
  • Page 21 PCI Wireless Network Adapter User’s Manual 6. After finding the installation file, the Select OEM Option window is displayed as follows. Select IEEE802.11b WLAN PCI Card v2.5 and click OK to continue. 7. You are returned to the Network window. Click Close to exit the Network window.
  • Page 22 PCI Wireless Network Adapter User’s Manual 8. The Microsoft TCP/IP properties window appears. Please specify an IP address or select to obtain an IP address from DHCP Server and then click OK to continue.
  • Page 23 PCI Wireless Network Adapter User’s Manual 9. The following window appears. Please read the description and click Yes to continue if there is no questions. 10. The following window appears. Click Yes to restart your computer to make the new setting available.

  • Page 24: Chapter 4 - Using The Wireless Utility

    PCI Wireless Network Adapter User’s Manual Chapter 4 – Using the Wireless Utility The following sections cover the PCI Wireless Network Adapter utility installation and configuration. Installation in Windows After you have installed the PCI Wireless Network Adapter driver and have rebooted the computer.
  • Page 25 PCI Wireless Network Adapter User’s Manual 3. The screen will show you the default destination chosen by the utility. Click Next to continue or click the Browse button to select an alternate destination. 4. The following screen shows the current settings, click Next to continue or click Back to change the Destination Folder in step 3.
  • Page 26 PCI Wireless Network Adapter User’s Manual 5. The following screen shows you the Setup status by percentage. 6. Once the configuration Utility has been successfully installed, the Wizard will ask you to restart your computer. Select Yes, I want to restart my computer now., then click Finish to restart your computer and complete set up.
  • Page 27 PCI Wireless Network Adapter User’s Manual After you have installed the utility and restarted the computer, you will see the wireless utility icon in the Windows taskbar: Wireless Utility icon Icon Meaning Green: indicates a connection is active. Yellow: indicates poor connection or the wireless LAN card is looking for an available access point.

  • Page 28: Configuring The Pci Wireless Network Adapter

    PCI Wireless Network Adapter User’s Manual Configuring the PCI Wireless Network Adapter 1. This screen shows you the status of your current connection. Click Re-Search to search for wireless connection (the adapter will search for the connection automatically when it is activated). Link Quality % and Signal Strength % available in Infrastructure mode only...
  • Page 29 PCI Wireless Network Adapter User’s Manual “sleep” mode. Click Apply to save the settings. 3. Select the “Site Survey” tab. The list on the adjacent screen shows you available Access Points and their status. Click Search to search for available Access Points. Click on the desired Access Point and click Connect to connect to the selected Access Point.
  • Page 30 PCI Wireless Network Adapter User’s Manual 4. Click on the “Encryption” tab. Under the drop-box, you can choose to have WEP encryption Disabled, 64-Bit, or 128-Bit. Wired Equivalent Privacy (WEP) is an encryption scheme used to protect wireless data communication. The Disabled setting prevents the sharing of data with other computers on the WEP network.
  • Page 31 PCI Wireless Network Adapter User’s Manual 5. Select the “Advanced” tab. You can choose the fragmentation threshold (bytes) to define the maximum data frame size your adapter will transmit. When the packet error rate is high, you may set the threshold value to transmit shorter frames. You may select RTS/CTS threshold (bytes) to define when your adapter send out RTS/CTS frames to reserve bandwidth for transmission.
  • Page 32 PCI Wireless Network Adapter User’s Manual 6. The “About” tab shows you copyright and version information about the driver, the configuration utility, and the firmware. Click OK to complete the configuration.

  • Page 33: Chapter 5 -Installing Network Protocols

    PCI Wireless Network Adapter User’s Manual Chapter 5 – Installing Network Protocols Protocols are necessary for computers to be recognized on your network. Windows 2000 users need to check their Windows User Guides for protocol installation. Installing the Network Protocols for Windows 95/98 and Millennium 1.
  • Page 34 PCI Wireless Network Adapter User’s Manual 3. Highlight Protocol and click the Add button. 4. Select Microsoft from the list of “Manufacturers” and TCP/IP from the list of “Network” Protocols” and click the OK button to finish the installation.
  • Page 35 PCI Wireless Network Adapter User’s Manual...

  • Page 36: Appendix A - Faq

    PCI Wireless Network Adapter User’s Manual Appendix A – FAQ For Technical Support, please send e-mail to: techsupport@trendware.com What is IEEE 802.11 standard? ?? The IEEE 802.11 is a wireless LAN industry standard, and the objective of IEEE 802.11 is to make sure that different manufactures ’ wireless LAN devices can communicate to each other.

  • Page 37: Appendix B - Specifications

    PCI Wireless Network Adapter User’s Manual Appendix B – Specifications Standards: IEEE 802.11b PCI Local Bus 2.1 Compliance Channels: 11 Channels (US, Canada) 13 Channels (Europe) 14 Channels (Japan) Antenna: Dipole Antenna with revised SMA Connector (108 mm) Frequency: 2.4 to 2.4835GHz (Industrial Scientific Medical Band) Data Rate: up to 11Mbps Operating Ranges:...

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